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Ronnie O’Sullivan abandons Masters snooker title defence on health grounds
Neil Robertson replaces 2024 winner at Alexandra Palace O’Sullivan had withdrawn from Championship League Reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from the upcoming Masters snooker ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Zelenskyy in final pitch for US weapons before Trump enters White House
Also in this newsletter: Will Slovakia really cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine?Financial Times - Jan. 10 -
NAACP president urges Biden to deliver on 'critical promises' before leaving White House
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson is calling on President Biden to take action on "critical promises" before leaving the White House later this month. Johnson in a Wednesday op-ed in ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Lammy challenges Trump's rhetoric days before White House return
The foreign secretary talks up UK-US relations - but clear divisions with the incoming president remain.BBC News - Jan. 9 -
Donald Trump’s careless talk
The president-elect’s expansionist rhetoric is unsettling America’s alliesFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
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Banks Are Racking Up Wins Even Before Trump Is Back in White House
Lobbying by banks helped torpedo a major proposal, and a top regulator announced this week that he would step down from a leadership role.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
China steps up defence of renminbi against Wall Street bets
Currency softens over weakness in world’s second-largest economy and fear of Trump tariffsFinancial Times - Jan. 9 -
‘We’re done’: owner of Walter White’s house in Breaking Bad puts it on market – for $4m
Modest family home in Albuquerque has a price tag fit for a meth kingpin – but owner Joanne Quintana warns buyers to prepare for hundreds of visitors a day. The modest suburban home used as Walter ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Post-cold war peace ‘well and truly over’, warns David Lammy
Foreign secretary says keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia. The post-cold war era is “well and truly over” and keeping the British people safe means standing up to Russia, ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Turkey insists on two states for ethnically divided Cyprus as the UN looks to restart peace talks
Turkey has again insisted on a two-state peace accord in ethnically divided Cyprus as the United Nations prepares to meet with all sides in early springABC News - Jan. 8 -
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EU leaders warn Trump not to meddle with Europe’s borders
Comments from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French foreign minister follow US president-elect’s Greenland threatsFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner
Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US. The Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has said Meta’s decision to end factchecking on ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Affordable Care Act enrollments surge as Biden's term nears end, White House says
"That means that enrollment has nearly doubled since I took office," President Joe Biden said in a statement.ABC News - Jan. 8 -
White House readies nicotine proposal in administration's final days
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA rule to lower nicotine levels closes in on finish line The Food and Drug Administration is poised to try ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Germany pushes for EU to ease sanctions on Syria
Berlin circulates proposals for relief on curbs in exchange for reforms from new leadership in DamascusFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
Trump White House seeks to limit staff who have direct access to the president
The number of individuals with direct access to the president will be more limited when Donald Trump takes office in two weeks.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Congress certifies 2024 election in peaceful transfer of power
Congress quickly certified President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 win on Jan. 6, exactly four years after rioters stormed the Capitol over his 2020 election loss. The confirmation comes as Trump ...NBC News - Jan. 7 -
War or peace? Trump inherits turbulent US-China ties
The United States and China appear destined for a military conflict, with bellicose rhetoric on both sides, an escalating arms race and Beijing widely considered the most serious threat to the U.S. ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
How Nato will hold European capitals to higher defence spending promises
Also in this newsletter: The countries breaking EU law by ignoring green deadlinesFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
Indian investors rush into highly valued defence stocks
Asset managers have launched specialist funds as push for domestic armaments sends share prices soaringFinancial Times - Jan. 7 -
Trump's incoming White House chief of staff says she won't tolerate drama
Leaks, office feuds and chaos were some of the things CBS News reported coming out of the West Wing during President-elect Donald Trump's first term. Susie Wiles, the incoming White House chief of ...CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Trump, White House react to Justin Trudeau's resignation
The development comes a month after Canada's deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, resigned suddenly from Trudeau's cabinet.ABC News - Jan. 6 -
Inside Trump's White House: a new occupant in one of the prime offices
West Wing office space has long been a status symbol in official Washington where proximity and access to the president can equate to influence.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Jeffries: Jan. 6 rioters weren’t ‘peace-loving individuals’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), on the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riots, said the Jan. 6 protesters were not “peace-loving individuals.” “The thugs who were part of the ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
'Peace within pain' - England's Jones on playing through grief
England centre Meg Jones says she is finding "peace in the pain" after suffering the loss of both parents in quick succession.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
‘Backbiting,’ ‘drama’ won’t be tolerated in Trump White House: Wiles
Susie Wiles, President-elect Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff, said there won’t be any “backbiting” or “drama” tolerated in the next administration. “I don’t welcome people who want to ...The Hill - Jan. 6 -
Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated Maduro to visit White House
A senior U.S. administration official has told the Associated Press that the Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election ...ABC News - Jan. 6 -
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Trump announces additional senior White House officials
President-elect Trump has announced additional senior White House officials, further filling out his team ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. Trump picked Stanley Woodward to join the White ...The Hill - Jan. 5 -
Why didn't Lionel Messi go to White House to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden?
The Argentine couldn't make the trip to D.C.CBS Sports - Jan. 4 -
Pope says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace
"Imagining peace" lays foundation for "more just and fraternal world," he says.ABC News - Jan. 4 -
Biden is trying to weaponize the Clean Air Act on his way out of the White House
President Biden’s Department of Justice filed an unusual brief in Sunoco v. Honolulu.The Hill - Jan. 4
